Swiveled hose-reel.



No. 706,968. Patented Aug. I2, |902.

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(Applieation led Hay 9, 1902.)

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UNITED Arhivr reich.

GEORGE E. LE MOND, OE DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OE TlVO-TIIIRDS TO IVALTER BOGART AND CHESTER GIVEN, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

SWIVELED HOSEWREEL SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 706,968, dated August 12, 1902.

Application filed May 9, 1902. Serial No. 106,520. (No model.)

To @Z5 whom it may concer/t:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. LE MOND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Vayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Swiveled Hose-Reels; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of lthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art .-to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to hose-reels, and has for its object an improved reelarran ged to be used in connection with a stand-pipe. The frame of the reel swings to present the axle of the drum on which the hose is wound ata line which is substantially at right angles to or across the line of draft when the hose is unwinding. Provision is made to introduce into the drum upon which the hose is wound water from the stand-pipe, and the inner end of the hose is connected to a nipple which forms an adjutage to said drum, so that water may be admitted directly from the stand-pipe into andA through the drum and into and through the hose,from which it is used at any point within the distance' covered by the length of the hose as a radius.

In the drawings, Figure 1-is a side elevation, partly in section, of the stand-pipe, the

bracket sustained thereby, and the hose sus-V tained by the bracket. Fig. 2 is a; vertical section longitudinal of the drum of the hosereel. Fig. 3 is an enlarged View of the swivel connection which sustains the lowerend of the bracket. Y

2 indicates the stand-pipe, provided with any suitable gate or cock 3 and terminating with an open section 4 above the cock 3. The fitting which containsthe cock 3 is finished on its upper side with a shoulder 3a, upon which rests a cross-shaped coupling 5. The terminal 4 passes through `the coupling 5 freely, and the coupling can i turn readily on the terminal 4. In each branch 6 and 7 of the coupling 5 is screwed a horizontal rod, one of which, V8, supports abracket-arm`9, that is joined to it by an angle-coupling 10, and the other of which, 8, supports a bracketarm 93, similar to the arm 9.

On the top of the section 4 is screwed a packing-coupling 12, and this is provided with an internal collar 13,that holds a flanged revoluble pipe 14. The flange15 on the pipe 14 engages under the collar'13,`lthe pipe 14 extends above the packing-coupling 12, and the annular opening between the pipe 14 and the packing-coupling is closed '-.by nipple 16 and screw-cap 17, which together hold a packinggland 18 inplace. The pipe 14 branches at its Ytop end or is connected to a horizontal crosspiece 19, from which arms lead-to couplings that connect the arms with? the arms 9 and 9. The arm 2O is hollow, andthat branch of the cross-piece 1,9 which leads from pipe 14 to the arm 2O is hollow, and the arm 20, which is joined to arm 9 by coupling 21, communicates through thecoupling 21 with the hollow journal 22 of the reel. The hollow journal 22 eX- tends partly through the drum 23 of the reel and is held in place by a structure that is similar to the packing-terminal of the rod 4,

already described, comprising a gland-holder 24, which is held in place by bolts and nuts 25, and a screw-plug 26, engaging in the drum and holding in place the hollow journal 22, which is-provided with aflange 27, that engages against an internal collar-28 in the drum. The plug 26 is provided with an extension 29, that engages` in the coupling 30 as abearing. The coupling 30 joins the bracket-arms 9a and 20, both of which may be solid, or at least are not necessarily arranged to permit the iiow of Water through them. In this construction it is necessary to have only two of the parts packed to prevent the leakage of water-namely, the packingcoupling, in which the pipe 14 swivels,and the junction between the arbor 22, which is fixed in place, and the drum of the reel.

The reel is provided with hand-grips 31, by which it may be rotated to wind the hose upon it. The inner end of the hose isattached to a coupling 32, through which there isa passage through the walls of the druminto the Waterway or chamber on the interior thereof.

Vhat I claim is- 1. In combination with a stand-pipe for water, a hose-reel, provided with a hollow drum, a bracket-support for said reel swiveled on the stand-pipe below its upper terminal, a

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revoluble pipe swiveled in a packing-coupl upper end, a second arm extending to a Waling on said stand-pipe, bracket-arms oonter-pipe in alinement with the stand-pipe and neoting the upper end of said revoluble pipe revoluble With respect thereto, substantially to the reel, one of said bracket-arms being as described.

5 hollow and affording communication between In testimony whereof I sign this specifica- I 5 the pipe and the reel-drum, substantially as tion in the presence of two Witnesses.

described. GEORGE E. LE MOND.

2. In combination with a stand-pipe for Wa- Vitnesses: ter, a hose-reel, an arm supporting said hose- I CHARLES F. BURTON,

1o reel and swiveled to the stand-pipe below its l MAY E. KOTT. 

